STAGE DIRECTOR

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LAUREN ZEFTEL(aka Lauren Z. Adleman)creates and collaborates on stories that use inventive metaphors to embody the invisible forces that shape us - transforming abstract concepts into visceral experiences for audiences. The result is an aesthetic of duality: emotional landscapes that are both expansive and intimate; atmospheres that are both invitingly ethereal and grippingly material.

Lauren is currently developing (upcoming workshop production Summer 2019) Haleh Roshan's play A PLAY TITLED AFTER THE COLLECTIVE NOUN FOR FEMALE-IDENTIFYING 20-SOMETHINGS LIVING IN NYC IN THE 2010S. (OR, GIRLS.) and continuing development of both ON LOSS AND MICE AND MONSTERS AND LOVE with writer Emily Zemba (LPAC Rough Draft Festival 2018; The Drama League; Exquisite Corpse) and CONVERSATIONS WITH ELIZA, an original piece about the effect of technology on intimacy and empathy (The Drama League, First Draft Residency 2018).

Lauren was the Associate to Director Rachel Chavkin on the 2017-2018 national tour of Bess Wohl's SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS (Maximum Entertainment; Ars Nova production) and the Associate Director on James + Jerome's INK (The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Public's 2018 Under the Radar Festival).

In addition, Lauren is a co-founder, resident director, + co-producer of PLAYxPLAY, which creates collaborative opportunities for NYC based artists. Previously, she was also the co-founder and co-curator of the now defunct salon-series, Drinking Plays & Reading Wine, which read and discussed 32 new and published plays over 3 years, including a one-year residency at Jimmy's No. 43 in the East Village, NYC.